Today I got my Covid vaccine and I must say I was really impressed from start to finish.
I first received a text message on my phone a few days ago to make an appointment and with one click on a link it was made for today at our local mini-hospital.
When I arrived at the hospital entrance there were about ten people ahead of me, all made to self-distance, stewards every ten yards affirming you were in the right queue, directing me to shuffle along to the next steward, and so on until I went inside and was handed a pre-printed sheet of paper with my name and medical details already on it. More stewards directed me along corridors until I finally reached my designated room with two nurses inside. After questions about my medical background, allergies etc, the deed was done (didn't feel a thing) and leaflets about what to expect were handed over. Then more stewards directed me in a one-way system out of the hospital to a marquee where about 30 chairs were distantly spaced for us to sit out the 15-minute wait for any anaphylactic shock. Before I knew it, I was on my way home in my car again. It was fantastically streamlined and I could not fault it. The next injection is in 12 weeks, I am told.
So far, so good and I don't have any side effects, although I expect a sore arm and maybe slight temperature in the next 24 hours, if reports from others are accurate. If anything, I felt a distinct fall in my anxiety levels that at last I have some protection against this Godforsaken virus.
6 comments:
Sounds pretty good. Very efficient and hopefully will ensure your continuing safety x
Excellent! Definitely a reason to have less anxiety.
Excellent Addy.
I await mine eagerly. When the big day happens, it will be the third time I have left the boundaries of my humble abode for nigh on a year!
Anna :o]
Which one did you have ADDY? Pfizer or Astra Zenica?
It must feel especially good - given the very constrained way you have had to live your life in the last eleven months.
It was the Pfizer one. Yes I hope it will allow me to venture out of my cocoon with a little confidence.
That's fantastic, Addy. I think we're about the same age so hopefully I will get mine before too long ....x
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